Weekend Roundup 3/8/13-3/10/13: The Great and Powerful Box Office Smash!

It wasn’t a surprise that Sam Raimi and Disney‘s, Oz the Great and Wonderful, would be #1 at the Box Office. It IS a little surprising that it’s the 3rd highest grossing film to debut in March, as well as the biggest opening weekend in 2013! Go Oz! The film pulled in an $80mil opening weekend! I’m pretty happy considering the film looked fantastic and Raimi IS a fantastic director, despite Spider-Man 3.

Title

Weekend

Total

1.

Oz the Great and Powerful

$80,200,000

$80.2

2.

Jack the Giant Slayer

$10,020,000

$43.8

3.

Identity Thief

$6,300,000

$116.5

4.

Dead Man Down

$5,350,000

$5.35

5.

Snitch

$5,100,000

$31.8

6.

21 & Over

$5,056,000

$16.8

7.

Safe Haven

$3,800,000

$62.8

8.

Silver Linings Playbook

$3,745,000

$120.7

9.

Escape from Planet Earth

$3,270,000

$47.8

10.

The Last Exorcism Part II

$3,120,000

$12

Coming in a ‘not even close’ second was Jack the Giant Slayer with $10mil, whilst the rest of the Top Ten went down from there with newcomer, Dead Man Down, making just over $5mil; and The Last Exorcism II in last place with $3mil. Next week, we get The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. I feel that Oz will win out again, as the movie looks like it has more standing power than a bunch of aging magicians/actors. (Sorry Olivia Wilde).